Diesel Misfuelling Prevention
The FuelSure diesel filler cap does right what so many other providers and manufacturers never seemed to be able to. As a diesel misfuelling prevention device, FuelSure comes out top because:
There is no doubt that the diesel engine car is enjoying unprecedented heights of popularity in the UK. Figures from the Department of Transport as well as from major car manufacturers concerning the UK market show upward trends that are still on the increase. Figures from the Department of Transpor...
Unlike the UK, a number of European countries have been proportionately greater users of diesel, including for private motor cars for some time. Some countries have actively encouraged using diesel rather than petrol by maintaining a price differential in favour of diesel. This can sometimes mean th...
At FuelSure, we know that biodiesel is set to play an increasingly large part in fuel supplies for diesel engine cars, but under certain conditions. So it is difficult to apply the notion of 'right fuel' or 'wrong fuel' without some more information. Biodiesel comes from vegetable or animal oil, whi...
If you have just finished filling up your tank and you realise that you have put petrol in instead of diesel, then do not drive off - this may be literally the worst thing that you can do. Resist the temptation of 'brimming' by filling up the remaining portion of the tank with diesel. If you have mi...
If you have a diesel rental car or a company car that you misfuel, you may be liable for the damages. Given the amount of potential damage that you could do, it is best to take a moment to at least minimise the chances of this happening. Even borrowing a car from a friend or member of the family can...
In the current state of affairs, relatively few insurers make any reference to misfuelling in their insurance policy clauses, and when they do, it is to specifically reject this as a possible insurance claim. Many other insurers, including some of the household names, have stated that they would ref...
If you fill up from empty on the wrong fuel for a diesel engine, your only realistic option is to immediately have the fuel tank emptied. It may sound like money going down the drain, but if you don't do it, then things can become considerably more expensive. Compared with what it costs to get your ...
Some time ago, especially in cold weather, some people deliberately practised misfuelling by adopting the procedure of diluting their diesel fuel with petrol. The idea was to prevent the diesel fuel from solidifying and make starting the engine easier. In the absence of any diesel misfuelling device...
Knowing just a little about diesel engines helps to understand why misfuelling prevention is such a hot topic nowadays. FuelSure facts can help. Diesel engine cars have evolved from noisy, smelly vehicles into high-performance ones that rival petrol engine cars in comfort and quietness, while beatin...
If you are responsible for operating and maintaining a fleet of company cars or vehicles, you'll probably know how difficult it can be to get people to change their behaviour in any sense. Taking care of their company car and ensuring that it is regularly serviced may be things that you find you hav...
Preventing misfuelling by yourself is one thing. Stopping other people who drive your rental cars or vehicles is another. Statistically speaking, people who rent your vehicles are more likely to have a petrol-engine habit than a diesel engine one. Therefore when they rent your vehicle and go to the ...
The popularity of diesel vehicles has increased significantly over the last few years. Contributing strongly to this popularity is the new generation of diesel engine cars, which are becoming almost as quiet and yet as sporty as petrol-engine cars. In fact they are becoming so like petrol engine car...
Avoiding misfuelling is better than having to fix it afterwards. This may be easier said than done in some circumstances, but here are simple steps that you can take to always be on the right side of a misfueling solution.
With the big attraction of diesel as a fuel for car engines because of the savings in fuel consumption compared to petrol - reckon on up to 20% better fuel efficiency - there is a massive swing over to diesel cars by British motorists. With petrol prices constantly rising, a 20% differential mean...
Diesel engines need diesel fuel to work without breaking. Diesel fuel, besides having the properties of combustion under high pressure that diesel engines are designed to use, also has lubricating properties that are important for a number of moving parts within the diesel engine and it associated f...
According to estimates from the AA and the RAC, in the absence of misfuelling prevention, 150,000 motorists or more fill their diesel vehicle fuel tank with petrol, every year. At FuelSure , we know that on a daily basis, that means an average of more than 400 vehicles per day will be misfuelled wit...
There two ways of tackling the question of any misfuelling device: either by modifying the fuel pumps in filling stations to prevent distribution of the wrong fuel; or by physically preventing the wrong fuel from entering the fuel tank filler neck. Oil companies got part of the way there by making t...
When it comes to car engines, using the wrong fuel is a real problem. Although it is theoretically possible to get any type of fuel into any kind of vehicle if you are bone-headed enough, the main problem today is when petrol is erroneously put into diesel fuel tanks. This is because it is unfortuna...
Because misfuelling is such a frequent problem, and because of the potentially catastrophic effects of using the wrong fuel in a diesel engine car, a number of misfuelling prevention devices have come on to the market. Some of them may be better known than others, some of them are more effective, ot...
Misfuelling, or the use of the wrong fuel as a combustible for an engine or any other device, is a word that is being increasingly used in the UK. It is most commonly used to refer to the specific case of putting petrol into a diesel engine's fuel tank. As a phenomenon, it has shown a worrying trend...
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